Hi willstej83,
Can you tell us about the networking setup? (i.e. how many NICs and how they are assigned). Perhaps a screenshot from the networking page might help if in doubt.
Basically what we will have you do is "steal" a NIC from the bundle that makes up the guest network. Then add that NIC to a vStandard Switch (may need to add the VLAN ID if you use 802.1q tagging). Then you can flip the vCenter VM (from Edit Settings) over to the temporary port group you create on the VSS. Once your VC starts pinging again, you can just flip the vNIC back to the appropriate DVS portgroup (no additional reboot required). Then flip the VSS pNIC back to the DVS.