Article: Keeping the beat Batavia sophomore Meghan Taylor put together a successful track season just weeks after undergoing heart surgery.(Sports Extra)

Byline: Mike Considine Daily Herald Sports Writer

For an active and growing teenager, the condition seemed normal, especially as it continued without incident.

Meghan Taylor had been having heart palpitations over the course of two years. As the Batavia sophomore described what she had been feeling in the weeks before her indoor track physical at the University of Illinois-Chicago Hospital early this year, her nurse- practitioner became concerned that something was different.

"They immediately hopped on it like it was a big deal," said Taylor, who is 5-foot-10. "(The palpitations) had been happening for 1 1/2 years. I never thought anything of ...

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