Michael Strahan revealed that his daughter has brain cancer on NPR’s Good Morning America

Good morning America Broadcaster and former NFL player Michael Strahan revealed on Thursday’s show that his teenage daughter has been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer.

“I’m so proud of her and she’s always been strong and this is something that’s so personal that I didn’t know if that was something she wanted to share or not,” Strahan said.

But Isabella Strahan, a 19-year-old student at the University of Southern California, decided to tell her own story. GMARobin Roberts.

Isabella said in September that she began suffering from severe headaches, nausea and an inability to walk straight. At first, she thought she was dizzy. But in late October, she started vomiting blood. She sent a text message to her twin sister Sophia, who informed the rest of the family. Michael Strahan then took her to the doctor.

Isabella’s MRI results showed a rapidly growing brain tumor measuring four centimeters long that was larger than a golf ball. Roberts said she underwent emergency surgery to remove the tumor the next day.

But Isabella recently rang the bell, a celebratory tradition for cancer patients who complete their radiation or chemotherapy treatments. Isabella has undergone 30 rounds of radiation and will begin chemotherapy at Duke University in February, she said.

Isabella was in rehabilitation for a month and had to learn to walk again. Now she says she feels good.

“I’m so excited to get through this whole process, but you just have to keep living every day, I guess, through everything,” she said.

She created a YouTube channel to document her journey via vlogs or blogs. Content proceeds will go to the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke.

“It’s been two months of keeping calm, which is definitely difficult,” Isabelle said.

She said she wanted to “be a voice and be someone that people who might be going through chemotherapy or radiation can look to and find something interesting about their day.”

Michael Strahan said this experience changed his perspective on his life and highlighted the importance of support.

“Perspective is a big thing,” Isabella said. “I’m grateful for just walking or seeing friends or doing something, because when you can’t do something, it really takes a toll on you.”

“I literally think, in many ways, I’m the luckiest man in the world because I have an amazing daughter, and I know she’s going through it, but I know we’re never given more,” Michael Strahan said. “From what we can handle, she’s going to crush this.” He added, “I need her, and I don’t know what I’d do without her.”

For now, Isabella said she is looking forward to returning to California and continuing her college education.