Amanda Coley, 36, is a fan of Backstreet Boys since her teenage days.
She had a plan to see the Backstreet Boys in concert but unfortunately, Amanda got diagnosed with leukemia just three weeks before the concert.
Her sister Maggie Kingston’s husband gave them tickets to the band’s August show in Atlanta. The sisters were happy that they would get a chance to see the Backstreet Boys.
“We found out about three weeks ago that [Coley] had leukemia,” Kingston, 25, tells PEOPLE of her sister. “She was like, ‘So I can’t go to the Backstreet Boys concert?’ That was the first thing she said. She was crying. Both of us are huge fans. She told me I should go. But I said, ‘I’m not gonna go if you don’t go!’
When Amanda was admitted to the hospital and started undergoing treatment, her sister Maggie decided to do something for her and she planned a surprise party with Coley’s friend, Celena Townsend in Amanda’s hospital room at Northside Hospital in Atlanta.
“It was my idea to go up there and play music and eat junk food,” Coley says. “[Coley’s] son Mason made these little invitations and we asked the nurse to pass them out to the other nurses on the floor. We just wanted them to stop by and say hi.”
“I was crying! It was really emotional. We didn’t expect it. We were just in awe,” Kingston says. “Amanda danced with them! She was in heaven. She said it was really cool and emotional. She shed a couple happy tears.”
“I went up there with a speaker and a cake and now it’s everywhere! Everywhere I turn, it’s there!” Kingston says of the viral video. “We thought it would die down … I’m just like, ‘Wow!’ Amanda loves it, it’s something for her to do. She’s still in the hospital so it’s something for her to read and do.”
“It’s emotional,” Kingston told PEOPLE. “It’s joyful and her spirits are so lifted because of something so small well, something I thought was going to be so small.”
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