Michael Strahan’s daughter Sophia pays emotional tribute to  twin sister and ‘best friend’ Isabella after brain tumor diagnosis

Hours after Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella revealed she had been recognized with a mind tumor, her twin sister Sophia has praised the teenager, sharing how “proud” she is of the USC pupil and mannequin. “I’m so fortunate to have probably the most wonderful sister and greatest good friend on the earth,” Sophia posted on social media alongside a carousel of images of the 2 collectively taken in latest months, together with considered one of Isabella in a hospital mattress and Sophia masked up mendacity subsequent to her. 

“The previous few months have been a lot tougher than we might have ever imagined, nevertheless it’s made me notice simply how robust you might be. You encourage me and I’m so happy with you. Us eternally.” 

“Finest sister,” Isaballe replied within the feedback, whereas buddies together with Skai Jackson and Bella Garcia left coronary heart emojis. 

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Sophia’s choice to put up the photographs comes as Isabella revealed in her first video put up for her weblog that she had been reluctant to take footage by herself because the therapy had left her feeling not “like myself”. 

“I simply had a Sephora advert come out, that I shot in Could 2023. So it’s tremendous thrilling however I bear in mind being so excited to go to the shop and take a selfie with it and I can’t do this proper now as a result of I don’t actually really feel like myself or that particular person within the advert,” she admitted within the video. 

“These previous two months, it’s been tough. It’s been difficult and it’s been very laborious however I do know I’ll get by way of it. I do know time will heal and issues will get again to being — I can’t actually say regular as a result of there’s probably not regular now in my life, however issues will get again to being calmer.”

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Isabella, who began faculty at College of Southern California in Los Angeles final fall, and has additionally been having fun with a blossoming profession as a mannequin, was recognized with medulloblastoma in late October 2023; it’s the most typical sort of cancerous mind tumor in youngsters, which first stems from the decrease again a part of the mind, the cerebellum. 

“I did not discover something was off until most likely like October 1,” the school freshman informed Good Morning America’s Robin Robert in an emotional interview along with her father on January 11. She started throwing up each morning, and feeling dizzy, till someday she threw up blood and messages Sophia for recommendation. After her father inspired her to go to the physician and have a spherical of exams, they found a fast-growing four-centimeter tumor – bigger than a golf ball – at the back of her head. 

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On October 27, someday earlier than her nineteenth birthday, she underwent surgical procedure at Cedars-Sinai, and the next month noticed her face radiation, rehabilitation, and studying to stroll once more. She has now left California and shall be a affected person at Duke Youngsters’s Hospital & Well being Heart in Durham, North Carolina – her twin sister Sophia attends Duke – to start out chemotherapy. 

“I simply hope anybody who sees this is aware of that there’s a mild on the finish of the tunnel and that issues will get higher as a result of every single day is one other day nearer to getting higher and nearer to feeling higher,” she added in her video. 

“Progress takes lots of time… attempt to see the optimistic issues.” 

Isabella and Sophia are Michael’s youngest youngsters, whom he welcomed with second spouse Jean Muggli. He’s additionally dad to daughter Tanita, 32, and son Michael Jr., 29, from his first marriage to Wanda Hutchins.