Lanier resting at home

Though he's still taking things slow, ex-Mayor Bob Lanier is at home after spending three days at the Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's. "He's feeling better. He's in excellent spirits. Got his good humor," Elyse Lanier told the Chronicle. "You know when somebody's still got their good sense of humor going that that's a good sign."

The 81-year-old Lanier, you'll remember, collapsed at Ken Lay's memorial service downtown Wednesday, apparently because his implanted defibrillator had to shock his heart back into a normal rhythm. Lanier has a history of heart problems: In 1998, he had a triple bypass, and he was hospitalized in 2002 for an irregular heartbeat.

Elyse Lanier said Wednesday was the second time in three months Mayorbob's defibrillator has fired; doctors plan to adjust his medication to keep that in check, she said. "Without that defibrillator, he wouldn't be here," she told the Chron.