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@rdf1967 Oh dear, Randy my prayers are going out for a speedy recovery!!
There has already been some really great ideas suggested here… I’m not sure what style of guitar you enjoy (flatpicking, fingerpicking, strumming, etc) but I think once your hand is healed and you are ready to pick up a guitar again, maybe consider learning to fret with your other hand? Also I agree, the alternate tunings typically offer less complex chord formations that might be good to try.
I can’t say that I know what you are going through. But if you look through some of the old TAC lessons you may notice a splint on Tony’s fretting hand (broken pinky a few years back). He just kept on playing and making video lessons… Way different than losing a finger but point being that he kept playing and adjusted his style to work with what he had. I’d say that’s a great lesson to follow. Don’t think about what is no longer present/functional but rather focus on what you still do have and find a way to make it work. I am hoping you might be pleasantly suprised at what you can still do with a guitar.
Take care, Buddy!!