Five-year-old Aras is lying on his back, playing with a model car, dwarfed by his adult hospital bed.
He is a miracle in Turkey.
105 hours after the earthquake, rescue workers managed to pull him from the wreckage of his house in the now-devastated city of Kahramanmaras.
He had developed hypothermia and his body temperature had fallen to 28 degrees Celsius (82 degrees Fahrenheit) when he was brought into the intensive care unit.
Aras might have lived, but his sister Hiranur, who was seven, did not. Alp, his nine-year-old brother, did not either. neither his dad.
One of the many families who have been permanently destroyed by this catastrophe.
Mehmet is sitting by Aras's bedside, caressing his grandson's dark hair.
He is a good boy. He has a commanding manner. He has integrity. He isn't a spoiled child. " .
Mehmet, who is now 72, promises that he will continue to care for Aras as if he were his own son for the rest of his days.
He remarks, "The rescuers did such a great job to save him, and by God's grace, they returned him to us alive. " .
As the physician adjusts the bandage on Aras' swollen left foot, he winces a little. He's recovering well right now.
Although he hasn't seen her since their world collapsed, Aras' mother also survived. Although she is receiving care at another hospital in the city, a full recovery is anticipated.
Aras's own life was saved in an intensive care unit that Israeli doctors created.
On Monday, however, it wasn't just a young person with an amazing tale; there was also a 65-year-old man.
After six freezing nights, Samir, a Syrian, was found in the ruins.
He was eventually saved by doctors, but both of his legs had to be amputated.
It's been a long and traumatic week for the medical professionals at the center of this catastrophe.
Dr. Mehmet Cihan, a pediatrician, arrived in this damaged city as soon as he could from Istanbul to assist colleagues.
It's terrible. There are way too many kids who lost their parents. I'm not sure. I find it very challenging. a challenge for me. ".
Beyond Kahramanmaras, the international medical effort is extensive.
In the town of Turkoglu, Turkish tents with red tarpaulin coexist with green British tents erected by NHS doctors.
In the grounds of the town's hospital, which was damaged in the earthquake, UK doctors are establishing a field hospital.
Even though the immediate need for medical attention following the earthquake may no longer exist, the 80,000 residents of this area still lack many essential medical services.
Chichester-based general practitioner Dr. Bryony Pointon traveled to Turkey as part of UK-Med, a front-line medical aid organization supported by the British government.
Although they are quite overburdened, she continues, "we are working with the Turkish doctors and nurses that are here, setting up their own tents and seeing patients.
"After all the trauma, there are the people who suffer from their typical chronic illnesses; they are still ill and lack the resources to manage. We will therefore see as many of those patients as we can. ".
Currently, medical professionals from all over the world are in Turkey to assist with the physical wounds.
But both the personal and the collective mental trauma are severe.
Dogu Eroglu and Naomi Scherbel-Ball contributed additional reporting.
