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Isabella Strahan celebrates 20 years and updates fans on health
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Isabella Strahan celebrates 20 years and updates fans on health

Isabella Strahan commemorated two milestones – one of celebration and one of a more bittersweet nature.

His daughter Michael Strahan and the former Jean Muggli, Isabella rang in her and her twin sister Sophia Strahan’s 20th birthday at Disneyland with family and friends a little early on Saturday, October 26.

Isabella shared a TikTok video in which the USC student — diagnosed with cancer in October 2023 — and her friends (and Good morning America anchor dad) donned Minnie Mouse ears as they drove in style to the Happiest Place on Earth in a limousine bus. The gang danced together in the limo as Isabella, rocking shorter but fuller hair, sang: “It’s my birthday!” with Sophia happily dancing beside her.

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Isabella’s big birthday bash was long overdue as she didn’t get the chance to celebrate her 19th birthday – the exact date is October 28 – due to emergency surgery for her brain tumor . Instead, her family and friends had a late date in May, seven months late.

In addition to her Disneyland weekend, Isabella also marked the one-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis on the same day, October 26.

“365 days since my life changed so much,” she captioned a photo of her in a cap, gown and mask lying on a hospital bed in an Instagram story (seen below). She shared an additional photo surrounded by all the balloons and flowers she received, adding: “Thank you for the progress I’ve made.”

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After multiple surgeries and chemotherapy to treat her medulloblastoma – a malignant brain tumor – Isabella, who has been sharing steady updates throughout, announced that she is without cancer in July, posting “Goodbye Hospital” on YouTube.

medulloblastoma it is mainly found in children, but is rare in someone Isabella’s age. After less than a month of symptoms, which included headaches, nausea and difficulty walking, the tumor, larger than a golf ball, was discovered just one day before her 19th birthday in October 2023 and underwent a craniotomy to remove it. Isabella said she “didn’t notice anything was wrong” with her health at the time.

Just about a month after celebrating her last chemotherapy appointment, she went into remission and returned to college life at the University of Southern California in August 2024.

She and her twin sister Sophia enjoyed a tropical vacation shortly after the news broke. It is unclear if he completed his freshman year remotely or returned for his freshman year this semester.

Isabella also shared sweet photos of Sophia (seen above) on October 17 showing her health progress, with her hair growing back after previously shaving her head during chemotherapy. The twin sisters also attended a USC game and worked out in the photos shared by a very proud Sophia.