Nurses put on an in-room Backstreet Boys concert for patient who missed their show

When Amanda Coley couldn't make it to a Backstreet Boys concert, her nurses brought the concert to her.

Coley, a 36-year-old mother of four, was diagnosed earlier this month with leukemia. The Georgia resident and her sister, Maggie Mayes Kingston, are huge fans of the Backstreet Boys and had planned on going to their Aug. 21 show. Coley, now receiving treatment at Northside Hospital in Atlanta, was unable to leave to attend the concert. To cheer her up, Kingston decided to throw a Backstreet Boys–themed party in her room, and invited nurses and other hospital staff.

About 12 people showed up, and they sang some of the Backstreet Boys' greatest hits, including "I Want It That Way" and "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)." "It really lifted my spirits," Coley told Good Morning America. Video of the in-room concert was shared online, and retweeted by Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, who said the band missed Coley at the concert and wished her all the best. "We were over the moon," Kingston said of the tweet. "We still fangirl pretty hard when we talk about it." Catherine Garcia

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