My iPhone 5s Screen is Completely Unresponsive

I've read other issues with this, but none of them seem to sound quite like mine. I'm desperate for help right now!!!!
My phone is still relatively new - got it in December of 2013. I have never dropped it or "injured" it in any way, no water damage, nothing like that. It's in pristine condition.
Out of the blue a couple of days ago, the fingerprint scanner and screen just quit being responsive. Nothing happened to cause this. I picked up my phone to unlock it with the fingerprint ID like I usually would, and it didn't work. I have my phone password protected, so it brought up the keypad for me to enter my passcode. But the screen didn't work, so I couldn't enter it. The power slider doesn't work, the unlock slider doesn't work, NOTHING on the screen works, for any reason. The screen is 100% unresponsive.
My first instinct was to do a reset, so I held down the power and home buttons and reset it. The reset worked, but didn't fix the problem with the screen. I've tried the reset about 50 times now over the last few days in hopes that it will work at some point. But it does nothing.
Then I tested out Siri. Siri is completely 100% functional and responsive. So I know the phone system is working. I read that if I try to get Siri to launch an app, it will clear the "block" that might be on the phone. But of course she keeps telling me, "You'll need to unlock your iPhone first." So that doesn't work at all.
I also read that if I click the home button 3 times, that's supposed to fix it somehow. Nope.
I've also tried plugging it into different outlets, different computers, etc. Just in case that had something to do with it. That doesn't fix it either.
The screen just WILL NOT WORK. It makes no sense.
I went to the Apple store and they told me that they would have to do a restore, but I haven't backed up my phone since December 2013. I have SO much data that I can't afford to lose by doing a restore right away. And I have no way of backing up the phone right now because iTunes won't do it unless I unlock my phone, which of course I have NO way of doing. It's RIDICULOUS that I can't enter my password into the computer from iTunes or something. But noooo, it has to be on the phone, except the screen DOESN'T WORK, so I can't enter my password.
I'm desperate! I have tons of work texts, journals, notes, photos, etc. I realize now how stupid it was for me not to be backing up my phone frequently. I know, I know. Trust me, I'll never make that mistake again. And I don't use iCloud either. Please don't tell me I'm SOL.
Does anyone have ANY clue how I can get around the screen password so that I can still at least back my phone up before a system restore? Seriously, I CANNOT afford to lose 5-6 months' worth of data from my phone!!!! I HAVE to back my phone up, there MUST be something I can do???!!

I understand your logic; however, if it's hooked up to a recognized computer, I feel that I should be able to overcome this problem by entering my password into the computer. And if I go into an Apple store, I feel that they should be able to verify that the iPhone belongs to me and then get around the password requirement for me. It's ridiculous to think that *nothing* can be done in this situation.

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