- Good Morning America host and former NFL player Michael Strahan announced on his show Thursday that his teenage daughter was recently diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare brain tumor.
- This is something so personal that I didn’t know if that was something she wanted to share,‘‘ Strahan said.
- But her 19-year-old student at the University of Southern California, Isabella Strahan, decided to tell her own story to GMA’s Robin Roberts.
- Michael Strahan then took her to the doctor.
- Roberts said she had to undergo emergency surgery the next day to remove the tumor.
- Isabella has undergone 30 radiation treatments and will begin chemotherapy at Duke University in February.
- Isabella she had to undergo rehabilitation for a month and learn to walk again.
- ‘‘I’m really looking forward to this whole process being over, but I think I’m going to have to live all of this every day,‘‘ she said.
- Content proceeds will be donated to Duke University’s Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center.
- Health Red Cross declares emergency blood shortage as number of donors hits 20-year low She said: “I want to be a voice and a speaker for people who need chemotherapy and radiation treatments.
- Michael Strahan said the experience changed his outlook on life and emphasized the importance of support.
- “Perspective is important,” Isabella said.
- Michael Strahan says, “I’m grateful for just doing something, like going for a walk or seeing a friend, because when I can’t do something, it affects me so much.
- ” Michael Strahan says, I did.
- ‘‘I’m the happiest person in the world because I have a wonderful daughter and I know she’s going through this.
