'Our Life Has Turned Upside Down'.

The article focuses on the medical mystery surrounding a four-year-old Texas girl, Lylah Baker. Topics include her initial symptoms in May 2021, the various tests that followed at Children’s Medical Center in Plano, Texas, and her diagnosis with melioidosis, a rare disease caused by the bacterium Burkholderia pseudomallei. The link between the disease and an air-freshener spray sold at Walmart is also discussed.