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Today is the day that I get a camera inserted into my vein. I don't know to be happy or scared. I know that I am doing it for a good cause. I just don't want something to go wrong. Well, here goes nothing.

The operation went fine, the camera is in my vein right now! The doctor said to come back in one week so they can take it out. I can't wait to take it out.

They took the camera out today. The video stream is amazing! This tape contained science beyond belief. This is how the red blood cell traveled.

It started in the brachial vein. As it traveled through the brachial vein, it appeared to me that the blood had little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide. After it traveled through the brachial vein, it went to the superior vena cava. The superior vena cava is a major vessel in the chest that drains the blood from the upper part of the body into the heart.

Then I saw the camera was pushed into the right atrium. The right atrium receives de-oxygenated blood......

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