Isabel Granada’s mom seeks prayer: Alam kong gigising ang anak ko

The mother of actress Isabel Granada, Guapa Villarama, appealed for prayers on Sunday as the actress remains in a coma after collapsing in Qatar.

Villarama, also known as "Mommy Guapa," arrived in Doha, Qatar on Saturday, along with the actress's son Hubert Thomas Jericho Granada Aguas.

It was an emotional moment after Mommy Guapa had seen the condition of her daughter who is still in the intensive care unit of Hamad General Hospital.

"Unang una hinihingi ko sa Diyos, huwag kunin ang anak ko talaga, i-extend ang buhay niya, hindi ako makakasalita ng maayos, sobrang tensyon, palaging sinasabi ko kung kailangan buhay ko, kunin ng Diyos para mabigay ang buhay ko sa kanya," Mommy Guapa said in a GMA News report.

"Masyado akong nasasaktan, pinipigil ko ang aking luha kasi pinapagalitan ako ng apo ko, sabi wag akong umiyak para syempre hindi niya marinig, para magbigay ng lakas," she added.

Despite their situation, Mommy Guapa thanked Isabel's friends and supporters, the Philippine Embassy, the Spanish Embassy, Labor Attache David Des Dicang and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello, who facilitated their travel to Qatar.

"Kahit sobrang sakit sabihin hindi pa siya nagre-respond pero alam ko...sa lahat ng supporters dito sa Qatar, sa Pilipinas at ibang ibang parte ng mundo, kasama diyan na rin diyan ang mga press people, showbiz, kaibigan, lahat, sa media, alam ko gigising ang anak ko, mabubuhay [siya]," Mommy Guapa said.

Isabel and her husband Arnel Cowley were in Qatar for the Philippine Trade and Tourism Conference. The actress suddenly felt dizzy and lost consciousness while at the event, according to her friend, former actor Robby Tarroza.

Meanwhile, Chuckie Dreyfus, another friend, said that the actress is already in stable condition even though she remains unconscious.

Cowley said that Isabel suffered from "brain hemorrhage [that] indicates aneurysm and in turn affected her heart." —Marlly Rome Bondoc/LBG/BM, GMA News