Speaking to Margret Dianne Hodgetts and Robert Mark Hodgetts this evening about Mickey and they said the Esmie had Gallbladder sludge for a 2-3 years until she was eventually diagnosed with Cushing's disease (they had been testing for it but she didn't cross the threshold for some time). At around that point she had her Gallbladder removed. It was an emergency, the vet gave a 50/50 chance of the Surgery being a success--what remained of the tubes were apparently very thin and hard to reconnect after.