Michael Strahan opens up on his 'nightmare' watching daughter Isabella battle cancer at age 19

Michael Strahan has described his daughter's crab diagnosis arsenic 'every parent's worst nightmare' arsenic helium discussed her betterment from the disease.

Isabella Strahan was diagnosed with a malignant encephalon tumor successful October 2023 erstwhile she was conscionable 19 years old, earlier being declared cancer-free the pursuing summer.

And portion the assemblage pupil and girl of the erstwhile Giants prima is present moving her mode back, Good Morning America co-anchor Strahan opened up astir the ordeal successful a caller ABC special.  

'As a parent, you're scared,' helium said successful 'Life Interrupted' a caller peculiar documenting Isabella's cancer journey, which was previewed successful portion connected GMA connected Thursday. 'Oh my, you're conscionable scared.' 

'It ne'er occurred to america that it would beryllium cancer, I'll beryllium honorable with you, conscionable looking astatine the trajectory astatine that constituent of her beingness -- and we person nary past of thing atrocious successful the family,' helium added. 

Isabella was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a malignant encephalon tumor that develops successful the cerebellum aft initially struggling to locomotion successful a consecutive line.

According to GMA, she believed she had vertigo, earlier becoming nauseous 1 time and aboriginal throwing up blood.

She yet went to the exigency country wherever it was determined she had cancer, and she was promptly operated connected to effort and region the tumor.

Isabella past underwent rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arsenic good arsenic needing 2 follow-up surgeries aft getting an corruption from the archetypal operation.

'She wasn't eating much. She was bladed and bushed and bald and each the things you hatred to spot your kid spell through,' Strahan told People earlier this month. 'I don't cognize however she did it.

'I was struggling myself with it. I ever accidental that she is simply a batch stronger than I am.

'Her tone was there. One of the things she said, astir apt the hardest happening I had to perceive was, 'Dad I'll bash whatever. I privation to live.' I usually outcry erstwhile I archer radical that but I americium trying to clasp it unneurotic for you.'

Isabella was seen implicit the holidays vacationing successful the Caribbean with her sister Sophia and shared pictures connected societal media celebrating her instrumentality to wellness from the Bahamas.

'And we're back...' Isabella poignantly captioned the images connected societal media successful precocious December.

'My archetypal circular of chemo acquisition was 1 of the worst things I've done ever successful my full life,' she besides said connected her YouTube channel. 'It conscionable felt weird getting chemo. I don’t know, you don’t truly deliberation you’re gonna get poison enactment done your body.'

While Isabella is present cancer-free, Strahan admitted that helium has inactive has a consciousness of nervousness regarding his daughter, who is being monitored by doctors. 

'There volition not beryllium a clip wherever she's getting a scan wherever I won't beryllium connected pins and needles,' helium said.  'I don't attraction if it's 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now, you'll ever beryllium nervous. And I could archer she feels it too.'