Current:Home > InvestMichael Strahan's 19-Year-Old Daughter Isabella Details Battle With Brain Cancer -FundSphere
Michael Strahan's 19-Year-Old Daughter Isabella Details Battle With Brain Cancer
View
Date:2025-04-14 05:56:35
Isabella Strahan is opening up about a heartbreaking medical diagnosis.
Michael Strahan's 19-year-old daughter shared she has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor found in children.
"I didn't notice anything was off till probably like Oct. 1," she told ABC News' Robin Roberts in an interview alongside her dad Jan 11. "That's when I definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn't walk straight."
Though Isabella assumed she had vertigo, later that month her health took an even more unexpected turn.
"I was throwing up blood," Isabella recalled of one afternoon. "I was like, 'Hm, this probably isn't good.' So I texted [my sister], who then notified the whole family."
And after her symptoms continued, her dad Michael insisted they look into her health further.
"That was when we decided, 'You need to really go get a thorough checkup,'" the Good Morning America host shared. "And thank goodness for the doctor. I feel like this doctor saved her life because she was thorough enough to say, 'Let's do the full checkup.'"
After completing an MRI, Isabella received a life-changing call.
"She calls me and she's like, 'You need to head to Cedars-Sinai [Medical Center] right now,'" she shared of her physician. "I'm gonna meet you there.'"
Michael—who took a step back from his hosting duties in November—shared he learned about the diagnosis before his daughter, adding that "it didn't feel real."
"I don't really remember much," he noted. "I just remember trying to figure out how to get to L.A. ASAP. And it just doesn't feel real."
The former athlete, who shares Isabella and her twin sister Sophia with ex Jean Muggli, went on to explain that Isabella's type of tumor is rarely found in someone around her age.
"But it's still scary because it's still so much to go through," he continued. "And the hardest thing to get over is to think that she has to go through this herself."
In late October, Isabella underwent emergency surgery to remove the mass, sharing that she has recently finished radiation therapy.
"I got to ring the bell yesterday," she said. "It was great. It was very exciting because it's been a long 30 sessions, six weeks."
However, Isabella explained that she's still in the process of treatment and will start chemotherapy next month.
"That's my next step," she added. "I'm ready for it to start and be one day closer to being over."
Amid her recovery, Isabella is also looking forward to her future. "I'm looking forward to getting back to college and moving back to California and just starting my school experience over," she said. "Not over, but just restarting, being back into a routine and something that's enjoyable."
And for Michael, the process has given their family perspective.
"I literally think that in a lot of ways, I'm the luckiest man in the world because I've got an amazing daughter," he noted. "I know she's going through it, but I know that we're never given more than we can handle and that she is going to crush this."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (6826)
Related
- Louisiana high court temporarily removes Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from Baton Rouge bench amid probe
- Flaring and Venting at Industrial Plants Causes Roughly Two Premature Deaths Each Day, a New Study Finds
- North Carolina appeals court upholds ruling that kept Confederate monument in place
- Companies Are Poised to Inject Millions of Tons of Carbon Underground. Will It Stay Put?
- Costco membership growth 'robust,' even amid fee increase: What to know about earnings release
- 3,745-piece 'Dungeons & Dragons' Lego set designed by a fan debuts soon with $360 price tag
- Michigan will become the last US state to decriminalize surrogacy contracts
- U.S. drops from top 20 happiest countries list in 2024 World Happiness Report
- IOC's decision to separate speed climbing from other disciplines paying off
- Best Buy plans to close 10 to 15 stores by 2025, according to recent earnings call
Ranking
- How breaking emerged from battles in the burning Bronx to the Paris Olympics stage
- Judge clears way for Trump to appeal ruling keeping Fani Willis on Georgia 2020 election case
- Baby giraffe named 'Saba' at Zoo Miami dies after running into fence, breaking its neck
- Jonathan Majors' ex-girlfriend sues him for assault and defamation
- Meet 11-year-old skateboarder Zheng Haohao, the youngest Olympian competing in Paris
- Vanderpump Rules' Tom Sandoval Is Now Comparing Himself to Murderer Scott Peterson
- 3,745-piece 'Dungeons & Dragons' Lego set designed by a fan debuts soon with $360 price tag
- Mike Bost survives GOP primary challenge from the right to win nomination for sixth term
Recommendation
'Kraven the Hunter' spoilers! Let's dig into that twisty ending, supervillain reveal
She nearly died from 'rare' Botox complications. Is Botox safe?
New civil complaints filed against the Army amid doctor's sexual assault case
Powell may provide hints of whether Federal Reserve is edging close to rate cuts
'No Good Deed': Who's the killer in the Netflix comedy? And will there be a Season 2?
2 former Mississippi sheriff's deputies sentenced to decades in prison in racially motivated torture of 2 Black men
NFL mock draft: New landing spots for Drake Maye, J.J. McCarthy as Vikings trade to No. 3
Dairy Queen's free cone day is back: How to get free ice cream to kick off spring