The Unlikely Candidate: An Amazing Journey of a Heart Transplant Recipient. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The Unlikely Candidate: An Amazing Journey of a Heart Transplant Recipient

This is an inspirational memoir about a young man's battle against an unlikely foe; his debilitating heart. Kelvin takes the reader on a trek from a young healthy athlete to that of a man waiting on death's door praying for a miracle. Along the way, he encounters a multitude of cardiac exasperating factors that continuously almost kill him. Finally, having to concede to the inevitable, his life is saved by an angel he would never get to meet.

Kelvin V. Smith has been a heart transplant recipient for over four years. Today he is an inspirational speaker as a volunteer for The New York Organ Donor Network. A mentor to kids in his area, he is on the steering committee to establish a Boys and Girls Club in Ramapo, New York. He also serves on the board for Rockland Parent Child Center and Family Connections that advocates for underserved individuals and families in his hometown of Rockland County, New York. He graduated from Fayetteville State University with a degree in biology. Currently, he is a Grade IA water treatment operator, and also a business owner. He and his wife live in Rockland where they have raised five children.