Devon Gales, who was injured in a football play at a Georiga game, discusses his rehabilitation at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. By
Devon Gales has been working tirelessly at the Shepherd Center to learn to drive a car again. As he went through testing, one of the biggest challenges didn’t involve anything from the driver’s seat.
It was a matter of breaking down his wheelchair so it could be placed in an accessible minivan. Gales’ minimal hand function, however, prevented him from doing that successfully. His most-promising solution was to undergo a tendon transfer surgery on each of his arms, and the four-hour operation took place Tuesday morning in Atlanta.