Lindsey Gates, 40, was meant to be on the holiday of a lifetime at Disney World, Florida, with her husband Jason and her two girls after she was diagnosed with four inoperable brain tumours.

But last week she broke her leg when she slipped in her hotel bathroom.

Since then her dream holiday has turned into a living nightmare.

After a series of CT scans and tests, American doctors broke the devastating news that Lindsey’s cancer had spread into her bones and lungs.

It comes after an horrendous few years for the Emsworth mum-of-two, who battled breast cancer in 2010 and was given the five-year all-clear – only to be told she had cancer in the brain in April, following a sudden seizure.

Lindsey, who doctors say may only have three months to live, was due to fly back home today.

Now her family is faced with a whopping 115,000 US dollar medical bill – £87,000 – and needs a specialised air ambulance to fly critical Lindsey back to the UK.

Sandy Mclachlan is Jason’s aunt and is desperate to have Lindsey back home.

‘What’s happened is awful and we feel completely helpless,’ she told The News.

‘It was supposed to be the holiday of a lifetime that’s turned into a nightmare.

‘This was just an accident. No-one expected this to happen. We just want her to come home to her family and not to die in a different country, alone.

‘If I was dying I would want to come home to be with my family.’

Doctors in Florida have fitted metal rods and pins into Lindsey’s shattered femur, which has been weakened because of the bone cancer.

She is currently in the intensive care unit while she recovers.

Because of her frail condition she is unable to fly home on a commercial flight and needs a specialised air ambulance.

The family does have insurance and are desperately trying to negotiate with the company to pay for the treatment and flight.

But they don’t know how long this could take and fear that Lindsey could die before she returns home.