Beagle with neck pain.

I have an 8-yr. old (9 in March) female beagle. Almost a month ago, one morning she didn't want to get up and go outside to do her business as usual, and showed no indication of wanting to move off of the bed. I could tell something was definitely wrong with her so I called my vet, and even though it was Saturday, he was still open and able to get me in.

Picking her up to put her in the car caused her to yell in pain. Got her to the vet's office, they examined her, and all vitals were normal. Told them what was going on with her and they decided to do an x-ray of her. When the vet tech picked her up to take her to the x-ray, Noelle screamed bloody murder because of the pain.

Didn't do a myelogram, just regular x-ray. Vet's diagnosis was that she had a couple of calcified cervical discs, which he explained is common in beagles, and other dwarf breeds. In the office that day her gave her 2 injections - one of morphine and one of midazolam, and filled prescriptions for dexamethasone and tramadol.

Went back for follow up about 10 days later and really didn't see much improvement. The Dr. was surprised that the steroid didn't help more (he only had her on it for 7 days). Told that we should give it some more time, and he filled additional prescriptions for alprazolam and previcox. Vet said let's give it a little time and see if she gets better. If not, he would recommend a specialist, and they might want to do an MRI. After taking the first Previcox, she seemed to be much improved over her prior state. It allowed her to be much more active, but I'm trying to curtail that. Noelle has always been allowed on the furniture and said that jumping down from the couch could have caused this sudden onset of severe pain, although the condition likely had started much earlier. It's very hard to untrain a dog from getting on furniture who has always been allowed to before, but I am working on that.

Noelle is still in pain occasionally, in spite of all the meds she's on. Especially when she tries to bark - it often starts out as a bark, but then turns into a scream. I hate to see my little girl in such pain and am wondering what the long-term prognosis is for dogs with calcified cervical discs. Will she get better with time and the meds, or is surgery an option? Is there anything that can dissolve the calcification?