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Awww, glad to hear she's doing good today! With the high thirst, you should ask your vet to do a blood test for diabetes - not just for a spot-check of her sugar level but also a Glucosamine test. This is similar to an A1C test for human diabetics and will tell you where her sugar's been over the past two weeks.
My boy got diagnosed with diabetes 2 years ago. He was on 8 units of Lantus 2x a day (more than my aunt was taking!). I tried every food and eventually switched completely to a wet-food diet. He eats better as it's lower carb than the dry food and has been insulin-free for over a year now. My kids get fed twice a day - no dry food in the house!
If you switch to wet, or mix it in, stick with Pate. If you use anything "in gravy" or "in juice" it could have more carbs (especially when paired with dry food) than your cat might be able to process.
As for tricks for getting your kitty to eat more -- you might want to look into Purina's Forti Flora. It's a probiotic primarily, but also has flavoring in it that will attract your cat. So if she's picky, you can mix some in with her food - it helped my girls up their intake to get their weight up. You can get it on Amazon and sprinkle half a pack in with each meal. If you buy it from your vet, you will get butt-raped on the price.
Keep us posted!!!
~Emily
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