Current:Home > MarketsMichael Strahan's 19-Year-Old Daughter Isabella Details Battle With Brain Cancer -Mastery Money Tools
Michael Strahan's 19-Year-Old Daughter Isabella Details Battle With Brain Cancer
View
Date:2025-04-26 13:38:08
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! (681)
Related
- DoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
- Britney Spears reunites with son Jayden, 18, after kids moved in with dad Kevin Federline
- A herniated disc is painful, debilitating. How to get relief.
- What are the best financial advising companies? Help USA TODAY rank the top U.S. firms
- $73.5M beach replenishment project starts in January at Jersey Shore
- Olivia Munn began randomly drug testing John Mulaney during her first pregnancy
- Kentucky officer reprimanded for firing non-lethal rounds in 2020 protests under investigation again
- Why Suits' Gabriel Macht Needed Time Away From Harvey Specter After Finale
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Democrat George Whitesides wins election to US House, beating incumbent Mike Garcia
Ranking
- Meet the volunteers risking their lives to deliver Christmas gifts to children in Haiti
- Mississippi man charged with shooting 5 people after not being allowed into party
- Deion Sanders doubles down on vow to 99-year-old Colorado superfan
- Louisiana House greenlights Gov. Jeff Landry’s tax cuts
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- A pregnant woman sues for the right to an abortion in challenge to Kentucky’s near-total ban
- Republican Gabe Evans ousts Democratic US Rep. Yadira Caraveo in Colorado
- Britney Spears reunites with son Jayden, 18, after kids moved in with dad Kevin Federline
Recommendation
John Galliano out at Maison Margiela, capping year of fashion designer musical chairs
Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul referee handled one of YouTuber's biggest fights
Why Outer Banks Fans Think Costars Rudy Pankow and Madison Bailey Used Stunt Doubles Amid Rumored Rift
The Daily Money: Mattel's 'Wicked' mistake
'Most Whopper
Georgia public universities and colleges see enrollment rise by 6%
NFL MVP rankings: Does Steelers QB Russell Wilson deserve any consideration?
Cameron Brink set to make Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut