So,we brought Kutya home today.  Really amazing.  He responded immediately to anti-biotic's.
Thanks to the Lord and all your prayers.

His cultures should be back by Thursday and we can fine tune those anti-biotic's.  
But these seem to be working well right now (4 quadrant, heavy duty).

He appears normal, except for hopping up into Kennel (hesitates I am guessing because of some pain).  
He drank some water (good sign) and ate almost of his dinner.  
 
Next steps are to monitor progress via blood counts and X-rays.  
Then eventually (1-3 months) take him off anti-biotic's and monitor him closely for signs of re-infection.  
The seed that caused this can still be in him.  Most likely it is.  It can stop progress (or not) and basically a barrier would form around it to prevent re-infection.
 
I must thank Paul Knutson so much for taking Kutya to Dr. Wayne Jensen.  He really knows his stuff.  I think a lot of vets would have just treated the external bruising and not investigated further. 

Wellington Vet Clinic

Paul really saved Kutya's life for being so observant.  Kutya would have been dead in a couple of days.

For those of you more interested read about it here..

Pyothorax in Dogs

Thanks again and keep those prayers coming!
 
Vic

Good News.................Hang in there Kutya

Vic and Nancy,

Sorry to hear the bad news. Sounds like things are making a turn for the better. We will pray for Kutya and the two of you as well.

Barry and Duke

Good to hear! Hang in there and Good luck!

Zeke

Excellent! Keep him on antibiotics for at least 90 days-best bet to get rid of the infection for good.

We will keep you in our thoughts

Just had surgery on my GSP G-Man for the same type of thing. Migrated down into his throat. Bad stuff. Check your dogs feet, ears, coat, mouth after you work a field. This is a very common problem. Stay out of the fields that have the types of grass that creates the problem. You would be amazed at just how far these things can migrate. It can take a year of migrating before you see a symtom.

I've known Tracy and Wayne for quite a while. Both of them are good vets. Both own and run their dogs including field trials. They know something about sporting dogs which is an advantage when it comes to diagnosis of things others may miss.

Good luck Vic, Nancy, Kutya.

Gary and the Big Dog.

Good to hear he's at home and responding well, youth is in his favor.

Spear grass is abundant this year in CO with all of the rain we've had. Goat heads should be bad as well. I've been doing quite a bit of selective mowing and spraying this year to try and keep them at a minimum....but it's a slippery uphill slope.

.

Glad to hear things are improving and good mojo sent your way!

Glad to hear Kutya is improving too. My thoughts go out to all.

Just received in the mail today, Gun Dog magazine has excellent artice titled "Heads Up on Grass Awns!". seemed timely to mention it as it has some excellent information and resources.

Here are parts of an email from Vic:

The longer on antibiotics the better-90 days is minimum safety zone...glad to hear he is doing well and feeling good!

Great news, absolutely great news!

Zeke

Good News on Kutya!

X-Ray's came showed clear. No fluid in lungs or in chest cavity.
Blood work came back as "normal".

Vet says he is healthy and can go back to training.
Vet says a seed cannot be confirmed or ruled out.
But she said a dog usually doesn't respond so quickly to anti-biotics if it was a foxtail.
Praying that it was just an injury, and not a foxtail.

Thank you all for the prayers and support.

Vic

Outstanding news Vic !

Thats awesome!

You gotta love it, great to hear!

Zeke

That is what we were all hoping to hear,Vic.
Great News indeed ! ...............Frank

Good news indeed !!