ed sheeran surprised a fan in hospital for her birthday after she had to give up her tickets to his concert when she was diagnosed with cancer the british singer, who is currently touring new zealand, took time out of his schedule over the weekend to help jess knight celebrate her 20th birthday in auckland hospital an ecstatic ms knight said she 'couldn't stop smiling' following the memorable visit 'he was just the nicest guy so humble and down to earth,' ms knight told daily mail australia scroll down for video  ed sheeran, who is currently touring new zealand, took time out of his schedule over the weekend to help jess knight celebrate her 20th birthday in auckland hospital  'we were so excited to meet him we all had butterflies and a few of the girls had the shakes' ms knight had planned on being at sheeran's concert in auckland having bought tickets back in october, but just two weeks later she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia the teenager had to endure countless chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow transplant, which meant she was forced to give up her tickets with the help of her friends, ms knight launched a social media campaign to catch sheeran's attention and beg him to visit her in hospital ed sheeran crashed jess knight's hospital birthday party and happily posed for selfies with her friends and family  the british singer visited jess knight in auckland hospital after she was forced to give up her concert tickets due to her cancer treatment  ms knight's friend, anna strong, set up the ed visit jess facebook page last month, while family and friends spruiked the hashtag #kiaoraedplsvisitjess to get sheeran to visit it was a long shot that eventually paid off sheeran ended up crashing ms knight's birthday party in hospital in between shows over the weekend 'when i was told he was coming we all felt a bit shell shocked it was something we'd hoped would happen but it was such a long shot,' ms knight said the 20 year old said she had butterflies in her stomach when she first met him and described his as 'humble and down to earth' with the help of her friends, ms knight launched a social media campaign to catch sheeran's attention and beg him to visit her in hospital  'the whole experience has been so surreal the new zealand and international support has been incredible we never expected it to go as far as it has' 'and for the record, no we did not plan to colour coordinate my beanie to his shirt we both have great style' the british popstar spent half an hour with an awestruck ms knight as they spoke of food, films and his upcoming visit to south america sheeran is currently touring new zealand after a string of shows across australia ms knight had planned on being at sheeran's concert in auckland (pictured)having bought tickets back in october, but just two weeks later she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia  sheeran is currently touring new zealand after a string of shows across australia 
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