Rica Peralejo's 8-year-old son Philip tests positive for COVID-19, celebrates birthday at home

Rica Peralejo's 8-year-old son Philip tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but according to the celebrity her son is asymptomatic.

"A very positive birthday," Rica wrote in the caption of her post. "The birthday boy tested positive and is asymptomatic. So it is positive in both senses. (Which is much of life — good and bad at the same time.)"

Rica shared photos of Krispy Kreme doughnuts towered as a cake for her son's birthday and some snippets of their intimate celebration at home.

"Why we tested is another story. All on the vlog this coming Sat. We came out negative except for our 8-year-old," she wrote.

"We found it weird and realised maybe my headache and Joe’s passing sore throat was it which was not caught on test. Either way we just stayed together," she added

Rica said they "isolated from the rest of the world but not from each other, celebrating over zoom with family from all over the world."

At the latter part of the post, Rica shared a conversation she had with her son about gifts.

"When I asked Philip what he’d feel if we can’t afford the gift he wants he said, 'But my cousins and family are gifts, too, right?'" she wrote.

"Never forget that, Kid. No goal and gift so big can ever trump the value of people," she wrote.

"Not saying they cannot co-exist, Legos and Family both make you happy and they are fine together," she added. "But if it ever boils down to just one choice: CHOOSE LOVE. Love over Legos."

Rica Peralejo is now a popular vlogger who is the mother of two kids with her husband, Pastor Joseph Bonifacio. —JAB, GMA News.