WALL, TX – On Wednesday evening, about 6:00 p.m., family and friends gathered on the Wall Hawks Football Field to send prayers of love and support to Meleah Plummer and her family.
Meleah, 15, was diagnosed multiple cavernous malformations in her brain. This has caused serious and severe headaches and vomiting.
Cavernous malformations are clusters of abnormal, small blood vessels and larger, stretched-out and thin-walled blood vessels filled with blood and located in the brain.
On Monday, December 27, 2021, Rease Dickey, one of Meleah’s best friends, asked her mom what she could do and with a few phone calls put on a huge prayer gathering at the Wall Hawks Football Field.
Meleah Sign at Hawk Stadium (Contributed: LIVE! Photo)
“Two days ago, to my mom, I was like ‘What do I do?’ I need to do something. I can’t sit here it’s just not in me,” Rease Dickey said. “So, I just started calling people I knew. Calling (other) moms, ‘Hey, how do you run this?’ To do this, I need help. By everybody helping out, calling people, getting stuff approved, during break it’s kind of hard but everybody was willing to help.”
Kevin Kirkland, president of Katalyst Ministries and owner at Rise Gymnastics, has known Meleah and her family for a while now. Kirkland helps train athletes and is close with families in Wall. Kirkland led the group prayer that was being live streamed to Meleah in Dallas.
Kevin Kirkland at Hawk Stadium (Contributed: LIVE! Photo)
“The family is phenomenal,” Kirkland said. “I’ve known her (Angela, Meleah’s mother) for a long time. Chris is phenomenal…just an incredible family.”
The community showed out for Meleah as about 100 people gathered to send prayers.
“Being from Wall, it’s a tight knit community, which is why you see such a cool turnout,” Kirkland said. “But I looked around and saw probably 12 families that are not from Wall that are here that they (The Plummer family) has impacted in some way or another. She’s a special girl, she really is and tough as nails. She’s got that fighter spirit in her for sure.”
At Children’s Health in Dallas, Dr. Dale Swift, a pediatric neurosurgeon, is the doctor you want when a malformation pops up. Swift specializes in treating and researching several kinds of malformations including cavernous.
“That’s our prayer,” said Kirkland, “That she can get in and see a specialist that specializes in this particular thing.”
To get into see Dr. Swift, the Plummers had to change insurance and it does not start coverage until the new year.
Meleah went to the Shannon Hospital on Christmas day and was stabilized before being flown to Dallas and has been fighting since.
“For me, this is just an honor to get to be with so many people who love her because I don’t know Meleah as well as some of these people or Angela or Chris. I know that when you’re in a spot like this and there is no answer or like you can’t seem to get an answer, knowing that people are standing with you is the biggest thing,” Kirkland said.
“We’re for you no matter what. Watching all these people show up tonight is saying to Meleah and to her family that we’re not going to let you fail. There won’t be a minute in time when you won’t have someone. Knowing that people love you, knowing that the Lord loves you just makes you a superhero,” Kirkland added. “She’s watching this live. Can you imagine being her age and looking out and seeing your classmates, teachers, coaches, administrators, family, and friends. Those are the things you hold onto when you’re in that solemn place and it feels lonely. She’ll never have to question if she’s alone.”
Rease Dickey (far right) and Meleah's Friend Group (LIVE! Photo)
When the prayer was over, Meleah’s friends offered messages of love and support.
“We love you. We’re here for you. You’re strong and have a lot of people here praying for you,” the group of 7 said.
“You’re a queen. Slay,” Jillian Self, one of the group added.
The group echoed that Meleah is one of the sweetest people that they know and are praying for her and her family.
“We know that God is working really powerfully through her," the group added.
Angela and Chris Plummer have been updating on Facebook about what exactly has been going on and are asking for prayers. They are praying that her brain calms down and for the nausea to stop.
In Wednesday’s update, Meleah’s ventricles looked good and the pressure on her brain looks great. The malformation looks the same but due to the amount of blood in the area from a hemorrhage it is hard to see. The family is also asking for prayers for her pain to cease.
In addition to prayers, expenses will be adding up as a family member has to be in the metroplex. A GoFundMe has been set up and you can donate by clicking HERE or you can Venmo Angela Plummer directly at @Angela-Plummer.
To read more about Meleah's condition and the Plummer family, CLICK HERE.
Subscribe to the LIVE! Daily
Required
Post a comment to this article here: