[slack-19.0]Backport grpc metrics for load balancing

[twthorn]

Description

Backport two PRs
vitessio#18282
vitessio#18791

These will allow for grpc metrics to be used by a client to load balance dynamically and lead to a more even distribution of vstreams to vtgates.

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