Les,
About a year ago, I woke up from a sound sleep with severe neck pain, a right shoulder that had muscle cramps, and partial paralysis (tingling etc) in my right hand - ring and pinky fingers. The diagnosis was similar to yours (not sure of the exact 2 vertebrae that caused the problem - I was told but I forgot). End result was physical therapy for about a month (along with home exercises) and things slowly got better in both fingers over the course of 3 months. I do a fair amount of finger picking, so losing the use to some degree of my ring finger was not fun. The good news was that it did get better & I am confident (and hope) you will regain full use of both fingers. All the best.
