So sorry to hear about your dogs health problems. I have a bulldog mix so am familiar with the health problems that this breed faces, my dog is 11. Typically the mixes are a little healthier so hopefully I have a few more years with him but he is getting up there in age. Just the other week a friend of mine had to put her dog down, another bully breed, due to hip displacea.
Really feel for you brother, praying for you and your pup. My dog bambam is wishing him well too, pic below is my dog, not a great pic but was one of the only ones I could find of my pup on google images and didn't feel like having to send one from my phone and download to post...
Thank you so much friend! Gastone himself too is a little mixed, it's a bit taller and longer, that's why 'till today he didn't suffered any kind of disease, really dynamic (I mean... for a Bulldog), and healthy.
In fact this gallstones pathology too it's not so uncommon and not so dangerous, but here we have also some Cushing symptons that can affect the surgery. Beside this the therapy, drugs and surgery are fucking expensive, and we haven't any kind of aid or state fund for domestic animals which is unfair.
In the next days we are going to discover something more about the Cushing, if it's affecting him or not, than we have two weeks of antibiotics and food complementary to face the surgery with the most stabilized physical condition.
I'm sure that bambam (supercool name) will go well for other 11 years! And thanks for your support and resteem, it means a lot!