A Christchurch detective, who was raised in Gore, has died from a rare form of blood cancer, just days after marrying her “soulmate”.<\/p>\n
Detective Constable Sophie Moore, 29, died on Thursday, February 26, less than three years after she was diagnosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sophie’s mother, Monica Moore, said in a post on social media her daughter chose to marry her partner and fellow police officer, Koryn, in the days before her death.<\/p>\n
“It was the most beautiful rip your heart out ceremony we\u2019ve had the privilege to be part of,” Monica wrote.<\/p>\n
“Her greatest strength wasn\u2019t just her courage \u2013 it was her heart.<\/p>\n
“Sophie fought this illness with the same tenacity she brought to her work.<\/p>\n
“She had a deep empathy for \u2018her clients\u2019 but firm boundaries \u2013 Sophie was not to be messed with.<\/p>\n
“She was a deeply caring, super kind soul who dedicated her life to others.<\/p>\n
“She was also hilarious, disciplined, a great cook, told the best stories, smart, insightful, stunningly beautiful without trying and just so so loved.”<\/p>\n
Sophie was first diagnosed with peripheral T-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2023 and underwent 10 rounds of chemotherapy and two stem cell transplants to treat the rare, aggressive blood cancer.<\/p>\n
Despite the extensive treatment, the cancer relapsed in August 2024.<\/p>\n
This led to the discovery of\u00a0a CAR-T cell therapy, offered at the National University Hospital of Singapore, that had been shown to put other blood cancer sufferers into remission \u2014 but the cost was quoted at $800,000 for the treatment and recovery process.<\/p>\n
After numerous fundraising efforts, including a concert and movie fundraiser in Gore and a Givealittle page, Sophie and Koryn made their way to Singapore for four months of treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By September last year, the cancer was in remission and Sophie and Koryn were back in New Zealand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the good news did not last.\u00a0<\/p>\n
By February this year, Sophie was sick again.<\/p>\n
“Koryn had found the Singapore treatment that got Sophie into remission and more recently difficult to access meds from overseas,” Monica said.<\/p>\n
“The speed at which [Koryn] got anything sorted for Sophie was testament to who she is and their love.<\/p>\n
“Koryn is Sophie\u2019s soul mate and her love and strength is incredible.<\/p>\n
“We are so proud of the woman [Sophie] was and the lives she touched.<\/p>\n
“She is our hero, forever and always.<\/p>\n
“Loving you changed our lives; it should come as no surprise that losing you has done the same.”<\/p>\n
Sophie Moore’s funeral will be held this Sunday in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
\u00a0– Allied Media\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Christchurch detective, who was raised in Gore, has died from a rare form of blood cancer, just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309080,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111,43,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-309079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-new-zealand","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}