Nikita Moore

Republished from the Somerset Guardian, 19th October 2006

Fundraising to help save the life of 11-year-old Nikita Moore has stepped up a gear this week as she and her family were left devastated by the results from her latest hospital scan.Last Thursday was an important day for Nikita, from Peasedown St John, who has suffered from several different types of cancer during her life and was given three months to live by her doctor in August.

On Tuesday, the family received news that was much worse than they had hoped.

The scan at Bath’s Royal United Hospital last Thursday showed that the tumour, a synovial sarcoma on the top of her head, has enlarged in size since tests in June.

A tumour in her lung has also enlarged, while several smaller tumours have appeared in the same organ.

Many Somerset Guardian readers have been touched by the plight of Nikita, whose parents, Tracey and Nicholas Trezise, announced in June they were remortgaging their house to pay for sessions of Issels treatment, an alternative cancer therapy developed by Dr Josef Issels in the ’50s.

The couple had hoped that since receiving the vaccine, which works to strengthen the body’s immune system, as well as another vaccine made from Nikita’s DNA, the tumours would have reduced in size.

In a further bid to boost her daughter’s immune system, Mrs Trezise is spending hundreds of pounds each week on bottles of concentrated green vegetables, in tablet form; bottles of Zeolite, taken from live volcanoes, which works by absorbing toxins in the body; and pH drops to add to drinking water to make it alkaline.

Doctors at the RUH commented on the 11-year-old’s apparently healthy glow.

Mrs Trezise said: “She’s still well. The doctors say ‘you must be doing something for her to be so well’.

“The diet must be helping in some way.”

Nikita’s family refuse to give up the fight and are waiting eagerly to meet Simon Treselyan, a Reiki practitioner, who will fly over from his home in Australia to meet the family on Monday.

“I’m still hoping somebody will come up with a cure to save her life,” said Mrs Trezise.

The battle to save Nikita’s life continues and plans to raise £50,000 by abseiling down Cheltenham’s tallest building, the Eagle Tower on November 18 and 19, are now being made.

The abseil is being organised by Mel Griffin, the head of European property investment at Eagle Strategic Land in Cheltenham.

The money raised will contribute towards costs to send Nikita back to America for Issels treatment, and a possible foetal stem cell transplant in the Dominican Republic.

Sponsorship forms for the abseil can be downloaded by visiting www.nikitamoore.com/mission-possible, where more information is available.

Members of the public are invited to donate or take part in the event to raise money for Nikita.