What is the main conflict in The Middle Place by Kelly Corrigan?

Kelly Corrigan is a young wife and mother who finds a suspicious lump in her breast one afternoon. Kelly is smart enough to know that the size and hardness of the mass is not a good sign. She maintains her cool as she tends to her three-year-old daughter, Georgia, and one-year-old daughter, Claire. She calls her husband Edward, who is out of town on business, to tell him about her discovery. He feels positive that the mass is probably benign given Kelly's young age and her seemingly good health. One of Kelly's good friends and neighbors is a physician. She rushes over to her friend's house and just as she feared, the doctor confirms that the rigidness of the mass is a matter of concern.