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@SDConn So sorry about your accident but glad you are being persistent about your guitar playing life!! There’s lots of things you can try!!
Most of them might involve learning less complex chords- With your ring finger being fused, I would try to learn some chord shapes that only involve fretting 1-2 strings for each chord. That way you can fret with your more agile fingers.
You might want to start studying music theory as it will help you learn chord structure and which chord tones make a chord live up to its name… That will help you decide which notes in the chord to leave out. Also keep in mind that just because there is a barre chord staring at you from the page, you can always just fret/play the 3 high strings.
And one more thing, you could start playing around with open tunings. Open G, Open D, DADGAD. Most of the open tunings only require 1-2 strings to be fretted for many chords and arrangements. There’s tons of tabs out there for open tuning songs…
Hope some of this is helpful. And your determination and persistence are surely an inspiration to all!!!!!
Cheers, Carol