Community rallies around Lakeville mother of 10 battling brain cancer [Video]

A south metro community is rallying around a mother of 10 who is battling brain cancer.

Diana Kapala suffered several unexpected seizures in late February.

She was rushed to the hospital, where scans later revealed she had a large mass in the front of her brain.

Kapala underwent surgery about a week later to remove the mass, which was determined to be brain cancer.

“There’s nothing that has proved how much you need people around you who love you like this has for us,” Kapala said.

Friends from Hometown Community Church in Lakeville immediately stepped in, organizing “teams” to help the family with daily needs and tasks, including a “clean team,” “transportation team” and “education team” to take over homeschooling for the 10 children.

“You’re like, ‘This needs to happen, this needs to happen, this needs to happen,’” said friend Kayla Laythrop. “They have so much going on in …