AUSTIN -- What started out as a lofty aspiration turned into Karinya Chen's dream come true.
"I was so surprised -- blown out of the water," Chen said.
The 15-year-old had tickets to see Florence and The Machine's concert last week, but was unable to attend due to her frail condition.
That’s when the staff at Austin Hospice decided to bring the concert to her.
Needless to say, it was the surprise of a lifetime.
"She walks in and she was like 'I'm Florence' and I was like 'Oh my God!'" Chen recalled.
Chen was diagnosed with bone cancer about 5 years ago.
She says the band's song "Shake it Out" holds a special spot in her heart.
"As a cancer patient, you learn not to take things for granted and live every day to be your last, so take one day at a time just like the song says," said Chen.
The surprise came together because the staff figured it didn't hurt to ask, and they'd do just about anything to make Chen smile.
"We all like to imagine how we can be super heroes in our daily lives, and we don't always get the chance to," said nurse practitioner Christie Kremer. "This is sort of one of those things where you got to be a superhero in real life and do something that's amazing for somebody."
Something amazing that Chen says is undoubtedly a gift from God.
"I believe in miracles, and this was a miracle sent from heaven, and [Florence] was an angel," said Chen.