Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella Strahan, 19, is diagnosed with Brain Cancer
- Michel Strahan’s daughter Isabella Strahan has been diagnosed with brain cancer.
- Isabella is a 19-year-old, who recently began her freshman year at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
- She had a fast-growing 4-centimeter tumor in the back of her brain, larger than a golf ball.
What type of brain cancer does Michael Strahan’s daughter have?
Michael Strahan appeared on the Jan. 11 program of “Good Morning America” along with his daughter Isabella Strahan, where he discussed her current health situation.
The television host, 52, disclosed to his fellow co-anchor Robin Roberts that his daughter, Isabella has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor known as medulloblastoma.
He said,
“I literally think that in a lot of ways, I’m the luckiest man in the world because I’ve got an amazing daughter, 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.”
Isabella began experiencing headaches in late October, shortly after beginning her freshman year at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Later, it was found that she had been diagnosed with medulloblastoma. She had a fast-growing 4-centimeter tumor in the back of her brain, larger than a golf ball.
Isabella shared,
“I didn’t notice anything was off till probably like Oct. 1, That’s when I definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn’t walk straight.”
The 19-year-old student stated that she initially believed her symptoms to be vertigo, but after a few weeks, she realized they had gotten worse.
“I woke up, probably at like, 1 p.m. I dreaded waking up. But I was throwing up blood, I was throwing up blood, I was like, ‘Hm, this probably isn’t good.’ So I texted [my sister], who then notified the whole family.”
Michael added,
“That was when we decided, ‘You need to really go get a through checkup, 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.'”
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How did Michael Strahan react after learning about his daughter’s illness?
Michael revealed he got the news before Isabella did and “it didn’t feel real.” He said,
“I don’t really remember much, I just remember trying to figure out how to get to LA ASAP. And it just doesn’t feel real. It just didn’t feel real.”
“But rarely someone who’s 18, 19 years old. But it’s still scary because it’s still so much to go through. And the hardest thing to get over is to think that she has to go through this herself.”
He continued,
“Doctors said, ‘You shouldn’t risk trying to put her on a plane to get her to the East Coast or to another doctor. We know what it is and we should get it out as soon as possible.'”
Furthermore, Strahan disclosed Isabella had emergency surgery on October 27 at Cedars-Sinai to remove the lump, the day before her 19th birthday.
Following her surgery, she had multiple rounds of radiation therapy and a month-long recuperation.
In February, she will begin chemotherapy at Durham, North Carolina’s Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center.
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