Michael Strahan revealed his 19-year-old daughter Isabella has confronted a setback as she fights mind most cancers.
The 52-year-old “Good Morning America” anchor advised his co-hosts on Wednesday, “The final three days have been a little bit tough as a result of she [Isabella] had a fever that type of comes and goes.”
“I needed to take her to the hospital and thought she’d come dwelling just a few hours later. …It’s been three days, however hopefully she’ll be dwelling at the moment,” he revealed.
The daddy-daughter duo appeared on “GMA” in January to disclose that Isabella was recognized with a malignant mind tumor often known as a medulloblastoma — a fast-growing cancerous mind tumor that develops within the cerebellum, the again of the mind the place motion and coordination are managed.
Final month, she acquired to ring the bell after her final radiation therapy.
On Wednesday, Michael continued that Isabella, who has began chemotherapy at Duke Youngsters’s Hospital & Well being Heart in Durham, North Carolina, has skilled “anticipated” unintended effects, however admitted the method has nonetheless been tough.
“It’s robust to see her undergo it, however I do know she’s a troublesome younger woman and she or he’s going to make it by means of it,” the daddy of 4 added.
Isabella, whose fraternal twin sister, Sophia, attends Duke College, is documenting her chemo journey on YouTube.
In a video uploaded Wednesday, she advised viewers that her first spherical of chemo was “one of many worst issues I’ve carried out ever in my total life.”
“Oh my God,” she stated. “I really feel like individuals made it look a lot simpler.”
“The primary week within the hospital was horrible. It truly wasn’t horrible till it acquired horrible,” she defined.
“It simply felt bizarre getting chemo. I don’t know, you don’t actually assume you’re gonna get poison put by means of your physique.”
The coed and mannequin was dwelling recovering from therapy within the vlog, however continued, “The primary week within the hospital was horrible. It truly wasn’t horrible till it acquired horrible. It simply felt bizarre getting chemo. I don’t know, you don’t actually assume you’re gonna get poison put by means of your physique.”
Michael shared on “GMA” that the help their household has obtained from their private circle, in addition to followers on-line, has helped them throughout this tough time.
“I feel, for her, so many individuals have reached out and stated, ‘I’m glad you’re doing this,’ ‘Thanks for doing this,’ ‘This has actually helped us,’” he stated.
“All that help that she is getting from individuals she doesn’t know, on prime of folks that she does know, has stored her in a really constructive area,” he went on.
“So thanks to all people.”