Isabella Strahan, daughter of Michael Strahan, a host for Good Morning America, recently announced that she is finally in the home stretch of treatment for a brain tumor, releasing a video about getting her chemotherapy port removed to share the good news with her fans and followers. Isabella, 19, who is a model, posted the latest installment of her YouTube series sharing her journey through cancer treatment, on July 17.
The series began with an emergency surgery in October 2023 to have a large medulloblastoma, which is a malignant tumor, from her cerebellum.
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In the vlog, Isabella — Michael Strahan‘s daughter — was back at the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center in Durham, N.C., where she was getting surgery to take out her chemotherapy port, which allowed doctors to administer her medications.
“Long time, no see! I am driving back up to Duke to get my port removed,” she remarked, revealing the marks on her neck and stomach where they’re located. “This kinda looks like a neck vein and it’s kinda uncomfortable sometimes. And this is a bump and that’s where they poke me every time.”
After arriving, Isabella showed off her Inside Out-themed hospital room as she prepared for surgery alongside her mother, Jean Muggli.
“I just talked to the plastic surgeon who’s gonna close it, the anesthesia doctor… I talked to everyone. And I’m really excited,” she stated in the video. “The recovery for this seems to be like four weeks of not going in water and stuff like that. Just being careful and scar care. So, not too bad.”
Isabella then shared a video of her “heading to surgery in style.” She was wheeled through the hospital hallways wearing a crown as staff members cheered her on with bubbles and pom poms.
After Strahan’s surgery, she shared how excited she was to finally have the procedure to get the ports removed. As she was being transported through the hallways sporting a crown as staff members cheered her on, quite literally, using pom poms and bubbles.
“It’s all gone, as you can see. The only thing that is very sore is where the actual port was but… 10/10. Loved my little nap,” she wisecracked. “But it hurts to laugh or move around.”
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“I have an IV they placed in my hand. I also have an MRI tomorrow. I’ll keep you updated,” she concluded the video.
In June, Isabella happily celebrated the end of the chemotherapy treatment, which began eight months after she was originally diagnosed with a brain tumor. Strahan endured six weeks of radiation, four rounds of chemotherapy, and three brain surgeries.
“After the wildest 8 months, I finally got to ring the bell. Grateful for my journey 🩶,” she said on social media.
In a vlog that was released on June 14, Isabella shared her final round of chemotherapy and the moment she rang the bell, which is a ritual that those who make it all the way through their treatment participate in to celebrate the journey coming to its end.
“I officially finished my chemo! Yay! This was a long journey, but I made it,” she then stated with a smile and thumbs up. “Now I have to recover and get back to my usual state, which is gonna take a long time but done with treatments.”