TERMINALLY ill schoolgirl Charlotte Wakeham's return from a dream trip to Disneyworld has brought a mixture of joy and worry for her family.

The seven-year-old from Westbury, who is fighting a brain tumour, has taken a slight turn for the worse since her return from Florida.

Her grandmother Wendy Bryant said: "She had a great holiday and was running around and swimming, but since we have been back she has gone down hill.

"I have been watching her, and a whole lot of little things are cropping up."

Charlotte recently wrote an open thank you letter to all the people who have raised money for her fund, but she is now finding it difficult to use her right hand and arm. Her sight has also deteriorated again.

Mrs Bryant said: "She had improved and on holiday she was nearly a normal girl again. I am glad we took her when we did."

Charlotte was nearly unable to take the trip when the airline asked for a doctor's letter at the last minute, but the family made the trip after speaking to a doctor in the US.

Mrs Bryant said: "She was standing outside the whole time and when she found she could go she was running all around the airport with excitement."

The trip was paid for through donations to a fund set up by her family to help Charlotte and other terminally ill children, called Charlotte's Chance of Life Fund.

So far, excluding the trip to Disneyworld, kind-hearted people in Wiltshire have donated about £25,000 to the fund.

Mrs Bryant said: "People have raised such a lot of money for the children. We want to use it to make their lives better.

"We have asked Charlotte if there is anything else special she would like to do. All she said was she wanted to go to McDonald's with her cousin Lisa.

"We are looking at what we can do. We want to do as many things as possible with her while she is well enough."

Doctors have told the family Charlotte's decline will be a gradual process. She has already undergone drug and radiotherapy treatments.

Mrs Bryant said: "The fund is a nice legacy she can leave in her name.

"I am astounded by the response. I am now running it full time. It never fails to amaze me.

"I enjoy it and it gives me a sense that other people care about my grandchildren and we are not alone."

Recent donations to the fund have come from Asda in Bedminster, churches in the Trowbridge area and Hilperton Primary School.

Paxcroft School, Trowbridge, where Charlotte was a pupil before she became ill, is holding a charity night in aid of the fund tonight.