Been there, got that T-shirt! Dagon, it happens to us all. (It happened to me more times than I care to admit, but I will say that I callously left players, Shayuri among them, in the lurch more than once.)
The thing is, I have faith that you can do it, but you only get to find out if you bite the bullet and try. This is a chance to try with a game for which you've already laid the foundation, rolled characters, and made a start. If you need a PC healer, I'm willing to fill that role. I'm most interested in playing a dragonmarked character to get the full Eberron feel, not sure which house yet. As for class, I'm perfectly willing to play a cleric, but I need to refresh my recollection of Eberron deities. For now, I tend to lean towards the Church of the "Silver-whatever-it's-called."
[Shameless encouragement of a DM to continue his Eberron game? - Guilty!]
Thanks. Dunno how much good it can do, but I figured it was worth a shot. Mowgli and I play in another of 81Dagon's games. I think Shayuri's in that one, too, now.