SUMMARY
- NFL legend Michael Strahan recently made a major revelation about his family.
- The veteran made this announcement during ABC's Good Morning America show on January 11.
NFL veteran and “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan shocked the entire world on January 11 as he made a major revelation about his family. In unexpected news for everyone, the legend shared that his daughter Isabella Strahan is suffering from a serious disease.
The American public figure revealed this during the most recent episode of his show on the ABC Network. In fact, Michael’s daughter also made an appearance on the show, as the audience got to see a prerecorded video tape segment in which she was seen sitting next to her father.
During the show, the father-daughter duo sat down for an interview with anchor Robin Roberts to discuss Isabella’s health. While informing everyone about the disease she’s been fighting, the Strahan’s confirmed that the 19-year-old young girl is currently undergoing treatment for a rare case of brain cancer.
HEARTBREAKING: #NFL legend Michael Strahan and his 19-year-old daughter Isabella reveal today her brain cancer diagnosis in emotional interview.
“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”… pic.twitter.com/CbiZzRHmbT
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) January 11, 2024
It must be noted that Michael’s daughter wasn’t physically present during the ABC series’ Thursday episode. But her special interview was shot at the show’s studios in New York on Wednesday, January 10. It was later aired during the broadcast of the next day’s morning news show.
Who is Isabella, and what is her current condition?
Isabella Strahan is one of the four children the NFL veteran has from his marriages. She is one of the twin daughters the American television personality has with his second wife, Jean Muggli. As revealed by Strahan’s daughter, she is diagnosed with and is getting treatment for medulloblastoma, which is a rare cancerous brain tumor.
As per reports, less than 500 cases of this rare tumor occur each year in the United States, and the large majority are in children. Moreover, doctors have told her that she has developed a fast-growing 4-cm tumor in the back of her brain, according to her recent interview.
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Sharing how she got to know about her cancer, she said, “I didn’t notice anything was off until probably September, like October 1. That’s when I definitely noticed headaches, nausea, couldn’t walk straight.” Despite such a disease, Isabelle was full of positivity.
“I’m very excited for this whole process to wrap, but you just have to keep living every day, I think, through the whole thing,” the youngster added. Michael’s daughter revealed that she underwent surgery on October 27, 2023, and then had several rounds of radiation treatment.
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Moreover, she is scheduled to start chemotherapy next month at Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Durham. Looking at the way Isabelle had a positive attitude during her recent appearance on TV, people from all over the world have been giving her best wishes for the treatment of her cancer.