ABC “Good Morning America” co-host Michael Strahan gave an update about his daughter Isabella’s cancer battle and admitted “it’s tough” to see her go through everything when asked about how he’s doing.
During the former NFL star’s “GMA” segment on Wednesday, Strahan opened up about a recent setback his 20-year-old daughter, Isabella, experienced after starting chemotherapy to deal with medulloblastoma, a type of brain tumor.
“The last three days have been a little rough because she had a fever that kind of comes and goes,” Strahan told his co-hosts. “I had to take her to the hospital and thought she’d come home a few hours later. … It’s been three days, but hopefully she’ll be home today.”
While Strahan said he’s personally doing well thanks to all the support he has at his workplace and from loved ones, “it’s tough to see her go through it.”
“This is a big bag of chemo!”@MichaelStrahan’s daughter Isabella takes us through the next chapter of her cancer journey as she begins chemotherapy treatment for medulloblastoma. https://t.co/kWY5S6eOU4 pic.twitter.com/1u3Cx0x6qu
— Good Morning America (@GMA) February 21, 2024
“But I know she’s a tough young lady and she’s gonna make it through,” he added.
Isabella has been documenting her experiences in a vlog.
“My first round of chemo experience was one of the worst things I’ve done ever in my entire life. Oh my God,” Isabella said in the most recent episode. “I feel like people made it look so much easier.”
“The first week in the hospital was horrible,” she added. “It actually wasn’t horrible until it got horrible. It just felt weird getting chemo. I don’t know, you don’t really think you’re gonna get poison put through your body.”
She then detailed how the chemo caused awful headaches and pain in her jaw like she had never experienced.
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“I’ve never gotten a root canal but it felt like someone had just ripped every single one of my teeth out and just set it back in my mouth with no medicine,” she said. “My gums, my teeth, my jaw, my tongue. There were tears over this jaw pain. That was for three days.”
In January, Isabella revealed that doctors discovered the tumor in October and she underwent emergency brain surgery at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles to remove a four-inch mass on October 27.
